Heliocentrism

doubting if the Church was abusing their power. After the Scientific Revolution, philosophical thinkers and scientists discovered new theories, such as gravitational physics laws and other opinions written in books. Nicolaus Copernicus’s discovery of heliocentrism transformed astronomy, his writings changed the people’s perspective of the universe further challenging the Catholic Church’s beliefs. Before Copernicus, people made scientific discoveries such as Aristarchus of Samos (310-230 BCE), had already

center of the galaxy? In this paper, you will get to know why the ancient world thought that and how we can disprove that. The first thing to know before anything is the terms, geocentrism and heliocentrism. Geocentrism is the theory, which states that the Earth is the center of the galaxy. Heliocentrism is the theory, which states that the Sun is the center of the galaxy. The ancient world thought that the theory of geocentrism was correct. However, the ancient world saw problems concerning the

The Scientific Revolution revolutionized the middle ages. The concepts of secularization, scientific method, heliocentrism, as well as the creation of major fields of science. The Scientific Revolution paved the way for modern science. Much of the work that created during the sixteenth and seventeenth century is still considered to be the foundation of many major fields such as chemistry, physics, astronomy and biology. During the revolution, science began to be excepted by both the Protestant and

Galileo Galilei, a distinguished polymath that contributed to the commence of modern sciences was accounted to be a heretic. In the year, 1609, the astronomer proposed a new theory reckoned as heliocentrism, the idea that claims that the Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun. His theory contradicted the belief of the Catholic Church who under the influence of the Bible, believed in the theory geocentrism, therefore accounting him as a heretic. Galileo Galilei is not a heretic because his

with the idea of heavenly perfection. In 1632 Galileo published his “Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems,” he presented arguments for both sides of the heliocentrism debate. He had no luck fooling anyone with his attempt at balance, he was called before the Roman Inquisition in 1633, he tried to deny advocating heliocentrism, and later said he did it unintentionally. He was convicted of “vehement suspicion of heresy,” and was threatened with torture to express sorrow and curse his error

In 1632, Galileo published his Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, which clearly defended heliocentrism and became incredibly popular. Galileo’s argument was focused on his belief that the Catholic Church has no right to be involved in scientific revolution. Galileo believed the Church should not scrutinize the idea of a new scientific discovery

This paper analyzes the veracity of the fairly commonplace belief that Nicolaus Copernicus produced a paradigm shift in the field of astronomy from the geocentric Ptolemaic model to his own heliocentric model that resembles what contemporary astronomy deems as true. The starting point is the analysis of the work put forth by Copernicus in contrast to his Ptolemaic predecessors and his heliocentric successors. The framework for this analysis is the one suggested by Thomas Kuhn in his description of

However this did not happen with a swift full sweep for Galileo Galilei, what he stood up for was heliocentrism and Copernicanism. Copernicanism and heliocentrism is the astronomical model of which matter revolves around Suns, as suns are the centers of all Solar Systems. Copernicanism was very controversial during his lifetime. This is because most believed in either geocentrism

chemistry, to calculus, and even biology. Even though heliocentrism occurred as an astronomical endeavor, it by itself influenced the development so many ideas not just used in astronomy. Newton’s laws of physics would never have been possible if not for the heliocentric system to back it up, and in fact, nearly all of Kepler’s, Newton’s, and Galileo’s work described above built on Copernicus’ ideas. It can also be said that the development of heliocentrism gave rise to modern scientific method. The mathematical

night sky, and found that the sun was located at the center of the solar system. Furthermore, he found that the planets revolved around the sun. These findings were against popular belief and that of the Church. Galileo promoted his theory of heliocentrism through various writings and conversations with individuals, but in 1633,